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162 - Heading-Medium of Performance Term (NR)


MARC 21 Authority - full
April 2013

First Indicator Second Indicator
Undefined
# - Undefined

Undefined
# - Undefined


Subfield Codes
  • $a - Medium of performance term (NR)
  • $6 - Linkage (NR)
  • $8 - Field link and sequence number (R)

FIELD DEFINITION AND SCOPE

Medium of performance term used as a heading in an established term record or a traced or an untraced reference record. The term may consist of more than one word.

In an established term record, field 162 contains the established form of a medium of performance term. In records for references, this field contains an unestablished form of a medium of performance term.


GUIDELINES FOR APPLYING CONTENT DESIGNATORS

Guidelines for applying the content designators defined for field 162 and input conventions are given in the X62 Medium of Performance Terms-General Information section.

EXAMPLES

162 ##$aviolin
162 ##$aorchestra
162 ##$amixed voices

CONTENT DESIGNATOR HISTORY

Field 162 - Heading-Medium of Performance Term [NEW, 2013]

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